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  • The Need for Speed: Achieving Maximum Run Time Performance
    The Need for Speed: Achieving Maximum Run Time Performance Presented at May 2005 Spring Meeting. Panelists discuss strategies for increased modeling speed as risk management, valuation and ...

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    • Authors: Philip Gold, Francis Sabatini, Alex Korogodsky
    • Date: May 2005
    • Competency: Strategic Insight and Integration>Management partnership; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Innovative solutions
    • Publication Name: Record of the Society of Actuaries
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession>Management skills; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Modeling efficiency; Technology & Applications>Computer science; Technology & Applications>Software
  • Horses for Courses
    Horses for Courses Explores the open vs. closed systems debate with regards to actuarial modeling and exposes the over-simplification. Valuable for anyone who uses models. stochastic models; ...

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    • Authors: Van Beach
    • Date: Oct 2017
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial methods in business operations; Leadership>Change management; Results-Oriented Solutions>Actionable recommendations; Strategic Insight and Integration>Big picture view; Strategic Insight and Integration>Strategy development; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Innovative solutions; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Problem analysis and definition
    • Publication Name: CompAct
    • Topics: Modeling & Statistical Methods>Asset modeling; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Deterministic models; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Dynamic simulation models; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Forecasting; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Modeling efficiency; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Simulation; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Stochastic models; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Value at risk - Modeling & Statistical Methods; Technology & Applications>Analytics and informatics; Technology & Applications>Business intelligence; Technology & Applications>Computer science; Technology & Applications>Data warehousing; Technology & Applications>Software
  • The Modeling Platform
    The Modeling Platform The April 2016 Issue of The Modeling Platform Financial accounting controls;Standards of practice;Operational risks;model validation;modeling efficiency;assumptions;ERM; ...

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    • Authors: Society of Actuaries
    • Date: Apr 2016
    • Competency: Professional Values>Practice expertise; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Incorporate risk management; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Innovative solutions; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Problem analysis and definition; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Process and technique refinement
    • Publication Name: The Modeling Platform
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession>Best practices; Actuarial Profession>Competencies; Enterprise Risk Management>Governance; Enterprise Risk Management>Operational risks; Life Insurance>Policyholder behavior - Life Insurance; Life Insurance>Universal life; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Deterministic models; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Modeling efficiency; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Scenario generation; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Stochastic models; Technology & Applications>Software
  • Modeling of Economic Series Coordinated with Interest Rate Scenarios Project
    Modeling of Economic Series Coordinated with Interest Rate Scenarios Project This article discusses an upcoming SOA/CAS sponsored project regarding the Modeling of Economic Series Coordinated ...

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    • Authors: Steven Siegel
    • Date: Jun 2002
    • Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Innovative solutions
    • Publication Name: Small Talk
    • Topics: Modeling & Statistical Methods>Scenario generation; Technology & Applications>Software
  • The Technical Corner
    The Technical Corner This article looks at an extensive integrated collection of financial mathematical modeling packages available in R, a language and environment for statistical computing.

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    • Authors: Steven Craighead
    • Date: Sep 2007
    • Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Innovative solutions
    • Publication Name: Expanding Horizons
    • Topics: Modeling & Statistical Methods; Technology & Applications>Software
  • Introduction to Using Graphical Processing Units for Variable
    Introduction to Using Graphical Processing Units for Variable This article describes how to model variable annuities using a GPU along with some of the stumbling blocks. Variable annuities;GPU; ...

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    • Authors: Bryon Robidoux
    • Date: Dec 2016
    • Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Innovative solutions
    • Publication Name: Predictive Analytics and Futurism Newsletter
    • Topics: Annuities>Variable annuities; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Modeling efficiency; Technology & Applications>Computer science; Technology & Applications>Software
  • R Corner
    R Corner This article discusses how to get data into and out of R, an open source language for statistical computing. Computer science;Predictive modeling; <!-- InstanceBeginEditable ...

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    • Authors: Steven Craighead
    • Date: Oct 2008
    • Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Innovative solutions
    • Publication Name: Expanding Horizons
    • Topics: Modeling & Statistical Methods; Technology & Applications>Software
  • Machine Learning, Skynet or the Future of Actuarial Software?
    Machine Learning, Skynet or the Future of Actuarial Software? This article explores the possibility of using machine learning to improve, or potentially rewrite, actuarial code within actuarial ...

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    • Authors: Sean Hayward
    • Date: Oct 2018
    • Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Innovative solutions; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Process and technique refinement
    • Publication Name: CompAct
    • Topics: Modeling & Statistical Methods>Modeling efficiency; Technology & Applications>Computer science; Technology & Applications>Software
  • GPUs: How We Went From Zombie Blood Splatter To Financial Projections
    GPUs: How We Went From Zombie Blood Splatter To Financial Projections GPUs are structured differently from CPUs in that they are designed to process many small programs or functions ...
    • Authors: Chris Stiefeling
    • Date: Oct 2013
    • Competency: Leadership>Thought leadership; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Innovative solutions; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Process and technique refinement
    • Publication Name: CompAct
    • Topics: Annuities>Variable annuities; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Stochastic models; Technology & Applications>Computer science; Technology & Applications>Software
  • The R Corner
    The R Corner A disscussion of actuar R, an R package for actuarial science, and its facilities in the fields of loss distribution modeling, risk theory and credibility theory. Computer science; ...

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    • Authors: Steven Craighead
    • Date: Feb 2008
    • Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Innovative solutions
    • Publication Name: Expanding Horizons
    • Topics: Modeling & Statistical Methods; Technology & Applications>Software